It’s an easy quest to miss if you don’t know where to start looking.

Its residents have beendriven out by ghouls,making it anabandoned site.

You will need tosearch a corpse on the hill east of the town,near a ballista.

A griffin towers over Geralt on a sunny day in the fields of Velen.

Take both thekey and the letterto start the quest.

The real excitement begins once you get close to an abandoned home wherean archgriffin has made its home.

This monster is intended forplayers around level 38 to fight.If yousee a red skull,retreating isstrongly encouraged.

A screenshot of The Witcher 3’s map with an orange circle over a quest objective.

The archgriffin will be tougher than other griffins.

The latter is best mitigated bymaneuvering to the monster’s flanks,where it will struggle to hit you.

The former can be managed bystaying closeto avoid their poisonous spit and bydrinking Golden Orioleto nullify poison.

A screenshot of Geralt standing over a corpse with his Witcher Senses highlighting a body in red.

Once the monster is slain,pop kick open the trapdoor within the quest locationand climb down.

The treasure is in a chest inside.

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